Sprint Touch Pro 2 in hand...want to flash to metro... need help! - Page 2

**p-slim** · #11 (**permalink**) 09-20-2009, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by razorloves

getting a sprint (or others) htc phone to work on metropcs does not require changing the radio or rom, so unlocking is not required. you just have to reprovision (houdini software) and setup wap (data) and mms

with hspl you can flash to metro or with houdini software. the hspl will be out before that software is updated that is why everyone is saying wait for the hspl. i'm almost certain that software runs off the hspl but i'm not certain. But if houdini uploads theirs 1st then use it but i highly doubt that will happen.

buttplumber · #12 (**permalink**) 09-20-2009, 03:53 PM

I was able to flash the mogul over to metro i little over a year ago by going into epst and changing some of the info in there but I cannot access the epst the same way on this phone. I think sprint put some kind of lock on it. I think I might have to flash the rom so that I can access epst and see if that works. Im gonna go to a metro store right now and see what they have to say.

**brownhornet** · #13 (**permalink**) 09-20-2009, 06:02 PM

Just take it to metro they'll do it. Only thing youll have to do is setup the internet and mms

**razorloves** · #14 (**permalink**) 09-20-2009, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by p-slim

with hspl you can flash to metro or with houdini software. the hspl will be out before that software is updated that is why everyone is saying wait for the hspl. i'm almost certain that software runs off the hspl but i'm not certain. But if houdini uploads theirs 1st then use it but i highly doubt that will happen.

from what i've read in the hofo metropcs forum, houdini software just reprovisions the phone and does not do anything with firmware or software on the phone, like it does when unlocking with hspl. They refer to this process as flashing, but it is not the flashing in the terms that we use it. I've seen it said many times by the pros over there, that even after you get the houdini flash, your phone is still locked, and in order to flash a custom rom after getting the houdini flash, you still have to unlock with the hspl unlocker. That is my understanding of it all.

pl0323 · #15 (**permalink**) 09-25-2009, 02:23 PM

metro cannot flash the TP2, houdini cannot tell when they will be able to add the TP2. I have the PRL loaded, went to a corporate store to have the esn put in their system. That was 3 days ago, still waiting to activate....

starscalling · #16 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by pl0323

metro cannot flash the TP2, houdini cannot tell when they will be able to add the TP2. I have the PRL loaded, went to a corporate store to have the esn put in their system. That was 3 days ago, still waiting to activate....

its all about step 6 on that other guide apparently... making the mrl be 000000

**pimpsuprazx** · #17 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by pl0323

metro cannot flash the TP2, houdini cannot tell when they will be able to add the TP2. I have the PRL loaded, went to a corporate store to have the esn put in their system. That was 3 days ago, still waiting to activate....

bottom line, before you flash it you need to have your MSL/SPC code set to 000000's(zeros) I am a dealer for metro, believe me when I tell you I tried everything before reading the guide and it didn't work.

subzero1313 · #18 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 08:41 PM

Well theres a thread here that someone has a TP2 on MEtro, so obviously its possible, but, ugh, why?? Thats like putting the engine to a Ferrari into a Pinto

starscalling · #19 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by pimpsuprazx

bottom line, before you flash it you need to have your MSL/SPC code set to 000000's(zeros) I am a dealer for metro, believe me when I tell you I tried everything before reading the guide and it didn't work.

yes.
how about filling in that bottom line - hows it done?

am i missing a field in the same general area i change the prl at?

it really reads that way ~_~

sim in? sim out?

**pimpsuprazx** · #20 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by subzero1313

Well theres a thread here that someone has a TP2 on MEtro, so obviously its possible, but, ugh, why?? Thats like putting the engine to a Ferrari into a Pinto

You shouldn't make assumptions without asking why first, I prefer to not be obligated by a contract, and metro's lineup blows huge monkey nuts, so I got my TP2 with WAP, MMS,GPS, and email, for probably 1/4 to 1/2 of what your spending with a contract. Again, no disrespect intended by posting this, just trying to show you a different perspective .